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Confusion, frustration abound as feds weigh options for $900M student program
OTTAWA - Anxious students and non-profit groups say they're confused and frustrated as they wait to hear what will happen to the $900-million volunteering program previously administered by the W...
Jul 09, 2020

Changes being made to make it easier for parents to pass on Canadian citizenship
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is updating the interpretation of "parent" to make it easier for some parents to pass Canadian citizenship on to their children. Previously, children born abroad to Can...
Jul 09, 2020

With training camps on the horizon, NHL teams hope to keep COVID-19 at bay
The NHL's plan appears robust and detailed. Once players enter so-called "bubbles" in two hub cities later this month as part of the league's blueprint to resuscitate its pandemic-halte...
Jul 09, 2020

Pandemic allowing Lions running back Moore to devote time to painting
TORONTO - Wayne Moore has had no trouble staying busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The uncertainty surrounding the 2020 CFL season has allowed the B.C. Lions running back to devote more time to ...
Jul 09, 2020

SGI anticipating small impacts from COVID, no rate increases
SGI is one of the few big Crown corporations in Saskatchewan not expecting to see a big impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on its bottom line.The company tabled its annual report Thursday for the fisca...
Jul 09, 2020

SHA warning of possible COVID-19 transmission in Lloydminster
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued an advisory saying a person who later tested positive for COVID-19 recently visited locations in Lloydminster when that individual likely was infectious.In...
Jul 09, 2020

Sask. housing market recovering after COVID-19 sales decline
The Saskatchewan real estate market is showing strong signs of recovery after the arrival of COVID-19 sent gloomy sales forecasts to the industry.June data released from the Saskatchewan Realtors Asso...
Jul 09, 2020

Police chiefs call for decriminalization of personal drug use
OTTAWA - Canada's police chiefs are calling for decriminalization of personal possession of illicit drugs as the best way to battle substance abuse and addiction. The Canadian Associati...
Jul 09, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...
Jul 09, 2020

Canada's response on tariffs won't be restricted by terms of USMCA: negotiator
WASHINGTON - Canada's chief trade negotiator says the new North American trade deal won't limit the federal government's options if it is forced to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum...
Jul 09, 2020